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14-letter words containing c, e, a, s, l, y

  • describability — The quality of being describable.
  • dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
  • discernability — The state of being discernable.
  • disconsolately — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
  • discretionally — At one's discretion.
  • discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
  • dodecasyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to 12 syllables.
  • dodecasyllable — a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
  • euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
  • eye specialist — ophthalmologist
  • eyeball search — (jargon)   (Or vgrep) To look for something in a mass of code or data with one's own native optical sensors, as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like grep or any other automated search tool. Compare vdiff, desk check.
  • gascoyne-cecil — Robert Arthur Talbot [tawl-buh t] /ˈtɔl bət/ (Show IPA), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, Salisbury (def 1).
  • geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
  • halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
  • health physics — the branch of physics concerned with the health and safety of people in medical, scientific, and industrial work, esp with protection from the biological effects of ionizing radiation
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
  • idealistically — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
  • incandescently — (of light) produced by incandescence.
  • inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
  • inescapability — (uncountable) The state or property of being inescapable.
  • insecticidally — in an insecticidal manner
  • inspectability — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
  • irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
  • lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
  • laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
  • laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
  • lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
  • lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
  • legalistically — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
  • leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
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